The bus stop “Hardbrücke” is also flooded this Morning by commuters. The nomads between the home and Job of sprinting to the S-Bahn, tigers on the platform to and from or wait – a view of the mobile phone to your connecting bus. Between you lights LED-lights in a snow-white light, which are directly embedded in the Road surface.
As the 72 Bus arrives, the same bunch of commuters are increasingly a wild ants. The outbound dance, the One ascending, in between, a hand tries to be full of cyclists through meander. And also, the LED lights in the pavement have changed their color: Orange-red beam upwards.
Difficult conditions
4.5 km away, in the town house, a few minutes later, the security head of Karin Rykart the introduction of this so-called floor lights. “This high-traffic site, we have a traffic problem,” she says. Kind of a mixed traffic zone in front of sun: cyclists and pedestrians would have to come in a confined space past each other. “A separate, a separate Bicycle path would be the better solution,” says Rykart. But I have such a under the conditions, don’t realize, which is why you have opted for the introduction of this new traffic light system.
“Thus is it at this point in time-space distribution and not to a spatial”, explains the security head. Depending on the Situation the individual faces would be assigned to act now, the Cycling or the public TRANSPORT pass. The System was introduced after a test phase last December, definitely, and is considered to be unique in Switzerland. The cost of the project is 300’000 Swiss francs.
light the two lamp rows, which run parallel to the roadway, the yellow, the step of Waiting. This is a kind of “bike corridor” that allows the velofahre which is created to quickly drive through. A Bus or Tram in the directions, the lights change to Red, the velofahre the view that they should stop, the passengers in the meantime and to allow you to get Off.
A site visit showed, however, that there is need for further explanations. Therefore, the city decided to explain, by means of two video clips is the correct behavior:
The Comedy Duo Lapsus makes advertising for the new control system on the hardware bridge. (Source: city of Zurich, Department for transport)
Cyclists, not stopping at these red lights, don’t have to, meanwhile, expect the buses: “The System should be a help, but it can be legally pursued,” says Rykart.
shoulder shrug and a shake of the head
Dave Durner, Director of Pro Velo, sees the new System as the only solution, which is under the vermurksten realities on the ground: “The city of Zurich has vergurkt the Veloführung at this point total,” says Durner. Better solutions would have given it to many, so, for example, more space for cyclists using the lane reduction, or the construction of a new bridge: “But since there was no political solution that remains the same for Tram and Bus, plenty of space, while the Rest have to watch where he remains,” he says.
Back to the hard bridge is shown, meanwhile, that the way to organized stop is. Addressed on the ground, traffic light, twitching of the Zurich citizens and people of Zurich, the majority of shoulder. “The lights are for me, but I don’t know exactly what they are,” says a passer-by that travels every day by bike over the bridge. I stopped them but never. Similar to a gentleman this Morning with the E-Bike on the road: “I have to stop at a Red light, I was not aware of,” he says, and departs, shaking his head. (Tages-Anzeiger)
Created: 26.03.2019, 14:42 PM
